“If we’re seeing as many overdoses as we’re projecting, it may be difficult for any one organization and a couple of nurses to handle the volume of people that could potentially overdose.”

Earlier this month, Surrey saw 36 overdoses in a 48-hour period.

Williams says the hope is that tainted batch of drugs has left the streets.

Meanwhile, the City of Surrey is grappling with how to address the drug crisis on its streets.

Fraser Health is pushing the City to open a supervised consumption site, a move the Mayor has resisted.

Surrey Councillor Bruce Hayne says the key is to create an integrated response.

“Any efforts at harm reduction are a good thing, but they have to be coupled and they have to be attached to so many other services and so many other strategies in order to tackle this problem. It’s not simply a matter of harm reduction.”

Council met with Fraser Health on Monday to discuss the crisis, but Hayne says because it was confidential, he cannot share what was covered.